#9C8A5E#9C8A5E

#9C8A5E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.064 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A5E
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 94)
HSL	hsl(43, 25%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 40%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 39.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.09, 0.24, 26.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.09, 26.06, 89.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.88% 0.002 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(63.88% 0.064 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8197, 26.0540, 14.3090)
Luminance	0.2605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A5E #5E709C

analogous

#9C6B5E #9C8A5E #8F9C5E

triadic

#9C8A5E #5E9C8A #8A5E9C

tetradic

#9C8A5E #5E9C6B #5E709C #9C5E8F

square

#9C8A5E #5E9C6B #5E709C #9C5E8F

split-complementary

#9C8A5E #5E8F9C #6B5E9C

monochromatic

#504630 #766847 #9C8A5E #B4A683 #CBC1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#9C8A5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#9C8A5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A5E

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A5E	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94895B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988E5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.064 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baac8c',
    500: '#9c8a5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a5e;
$custom-light: #baac8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.581,
    "s": 24.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63884,
    "c": 0.06438,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A5E

secondary

#9CA5BA

accent

#81C167

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4F0

border

#D0CECB

text

#12100C

muted

#817F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A5E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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